- RBA
* California
* Santa Barbara
* February 16, 2007
* CASB0702.16
- Birds mentioned
Ross's Goose
Snow Goose
Canada Goose
Cackling Goose
Blue-winged Teal
Wood Duck
Common Goldeneye
Red-necked Grebe
American White Pelican
Bald Eagle
Zone-tailed Hawk
Peregrine Falcon
Black Oystercatcher
Black Skimmer
Hammond's Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Lucy's Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Painted Redstart
Summer Tanager
Orchard Oriole
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
- Transcript
This is the Santa Barbara Audubon Society's rare bird report being recorded
on Friday, February 16 at 2 p.m. If you have a rare bird sighting to report,
call Karen Bridgers at 964-1316. For those of you who are getting the
transcript on the Internet, the rare bird alert number for Santa Barbara is
(805) 964-8240.
The wintering PAINTED REDSTART on the UCSB campus was still present on the
11th. Park in the Mesa parking structure and walk south, past Campbell Hall.
Look near the Coral Tree Cafe (in the coral trees), or further on, in the
open area where the eternal flame is. The wintering LUCY'S WARBLER continued
in the bottlebrush trees inside the courtyard at the Counseling and Career
Center on the 10th.
A wintering female BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER is in Stow Grove Park, at
the southernmost end of the park, in the smaller trees on the lawn and in
the large row of eucalyptus. The bird was still there on the 11th. Along the
wooden fence line in the same area is a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, which was
seen on the 10th.
A HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER is wintering at Bohnett Park, off San Andreas Street
near the intersection with Victoria in Santa Barbara. That bird was still
present on the 4th.
The ZONE-TAILED HAWK has returned for its 14th winter. The bird was first
found at the top of North Fairview Avenue at Cuesta Verde in Goleta, which
is the best place to look for it in the early morning or late afternoon. It
was not reported this week.
There is a RED-NECKED GREBE off Goleta Beach, and it was seen on the 10th,
mixed in with Western Grebes.
At Stow House, a female SUMMER TANAGER was still in the eucalyptus trees on
the 11th.
At Devereux Slough, a TROPICAL KINGBIRD was still present on the 10th, near
the second observation pullout.
Two ROSS'S GEESE remain in the pond at the Rancho Goleta Mobile Home Park at
the end of Ward Drive in Goleta.
BLACK SKIMMERS are still wintering on East Beach.
A pair of WOOD DUCKS was at the Bird Refuge on the 13th.
In Montecito, a female ORCHARD ORIOLE was still present on the 7th at the
northwest corner of the tennis courts at the Biltmore Hotel. An adult male
and an immature male ORCHARD ORIOLE have also been seen here.
At the Carpinteria Salt Marsh, BLUE-WINGED TEAL were present on the 14th.
[On the 12th, there were 2 BLACK OYSTERCATCHERS at the harbor seal rookery
in Carpinteria.]
Highlights at Cachuma Lake last week included one adult and three immature
BALD EAGLES, 8 WHITE PELICANS, 40 WOOD DUCKS, 2 pair of COMMON GOLDENEYE, 2
SNOW GEESE, 60 CANADA GEESE, and one adult PEREGRINE FALCON.
In the North County, a SWAMP SPARROW was still at the City Park at River
Oaks in Santa Maria on the 10th.
At Waller Park in Santa Maria, Both the CACKLING GOOSE and the ROSS'S GOOSE
remain in the front pond, and were seen on the 10th.
In blackberry bushes in the southeast corner of Old La Purisima Mission
Park, off south G Street in Lompoc, there is a wintering WHITE-THROATED
SPARROW, which was seen this morning.
That is all the bird news for now, but, again, if you have a rare sighting
to report, call Karen Bridgers at 964-1316. Good birding in Santa Barbara
County.
- End transcript
* California
* Santa Barbara
* February 16, 2007
* CASB0702.16
- Birds mentioned
Ross's Goose
Snow Goose
Canada Goose
Cackling Goose
Blue-winged Teal
Wood Duck
Common Goldeneye
Red-necked Grebe
American White Pelican
Bald Eagle
Zone-tailed Hawk
Peregrine Falcon
Black Oystercatcher
Black Skimmer
Hammond's Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Lucy's Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Painted Redstart
Summer Tanager
Orchard Oriole
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
- Transcript
This is the Santa Barbara Audubon Society's rare bird report being recorded
on Friday, February 16 at 2 p.m. If you have a rare bird sighting to report,
call Karen Bridgers at 964-1316. For those of you who are getting the
transcript on the Internet, the rare bird alert number for Santa Barbara is
(805) 964-8240.
The wintering PAINTED REDSTART on the UCSB campus was still present on the
11th. Park in the Mesa parking structure and walk south, past Campbell Hall.
Look near the Coral Tree Cafe (in the coral trees), or further on, in the
open area where the eternal flame is. The wintering LUCY'S WARBLER continued
in the bottlebrush trees inside the courtyard at the Counseling and Career
Center on the 10th.
A wintering female BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER is in Stow Grove Park, at
the southernmost end of the park, in the smaller trees on the lawn and in
the large row of eucalyptus. The bird was still there on the 11th. Along the
wooden fence line in the same area is a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, which was
seen on the 10th.
A HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHER is wintering at Bohnett Park, off San Andreas Street
near the intersection with Victoria in Santa Barbara. That bird was still
present on the 4th.
The ZONE-TAILED HAWK has returned for its 14th winter. The bird was first
found at the top of North Fairview Avenue at Cuesta Verde in Goleta, which
is the best place to look for it in the early morning or late afternoon. It
was not reported this week.
There is a RED-NECKED GREBE off Goleta Beach, and it was seen on the 10th,
mixed in with Western Grebes.
At Stow House, a female SUMMER TANAGER was still in the eucalyptus trees on
the 11th.
At Devereux Slough, a TROPICAL KINGBIRD was still present on the 10th, near
the second observation pullout.
Two ROSS'S GEESE remain in the pond at the Rancho Goleta Mobile Home Park at
the end of Ward Drive in Goleta.
BLACK SKIMMERS are still wintering on East Beach.
A pair of WOOD DUCKS was at the Bird Refuge on the 13th.
In Montecito, a female ORCHARD ORIOLE was still present on the 7th at the
northwest corner of the tennis courts at the Biltmore Hotel. An adult male
and an immature male ORCHARD ORIOLE have also been seen here.
At the Carpinteria Salt Marsh, BLUE-WINGED TEAL were present on the 14th.
[On the 12th, there were 2 BLACK OYSTERCATCHERS at the harbor seal rookery
in Carpinteria.]
Highlights at Cachuma Lake last week included one adult and three immature
BALD EAGLES, 8 WHITE PELICANS, 40 WOOD DUCKS, 2 pair of COMMON GOLDENEYE, 2
SNOW GEESE, 60 CANADA GEESE, and one adult PEREGRINE FALCON.
In the North County, a SWAMP SPARROW was still at the City Park at River
Oaks in Santa Maria on the 10th.
At Waller Park in Santa Maria, Both the CACKLING GOOSE and the ROSS'S GOOSE
remain in the front pond, and were seen on the 10th.
In blackberry bushes in the southeast corner of Old La Purisima Mission
Park, off south G Street in Lompoc, there is a wintering WHITE-THROATED
SPARROW, which was seen this morning.
That is all the bird news for now, but, again, if you have a rare sighting
to report, call Karen Bridgers at 964-1316. Good birding in Santa Barbara
County.
- End transcript